1. Automated Automation of REST APIs
Harshit Kohli
Amit Chauhan

2. APIs vs WebServices
F.R.I.E.N.D.S
JOEY

3. APIs vs WebServices
Web Services are a subset of the generic term API(Application Programming Interface)
All Web Services are APIs but all APIs are not WebServices
A Web Service is simply an API wrapped in HTTP
APIs – Selenium, Rest Assured
Web Services – Google Maps REST API, GitHub REST API

4. REST

5. Why REST APIs ?
Easy to build
Easy to use
Fast

6. Swagger
Interface to REST APIs allowing discovery of the capabilities offered
Industry Standard for API documentation
Offers an interactive console to “try” out the API
Developer and Tester friendly

7. Testing REST APIs

8. Testing REST APIs (the automated way!)

9. Ingredient 1 – REST Assured Wrappers
Break Rest Assured calls into parts :–
Create Request
Execute
Validate Response
API Object Model (AOM) on similar lines of Page Object Model (POM)
Reusability of Code
Better Maintenance

10. Ingredient 1 – REST Assured Wrappers

11. Ingredient 1 – REST Assured Wrappers

12. Ingredient 2 – Swagger Parser
Parse the Swagger documentation using its JSON

13. Ingredient 2 – Swagger Parser
Read JSON using :-
JsonPath (
JsonSimple (

14. Ingredient 3 – Auto Generation of Code
JavaPoet (
JavaPoet is a Java library for generating .java source files.
It offers models for classes & interfaces, fields, methods & constructors, parameters and annotations.
Sample code:

15. Ingredient 3 – Auto Generation of Code
Jsonschema2pojo (
Generates Plain Old Java Objects from JSON

16. Ingredient 4 – JavaFX GUI
Used to create cross platform rich user interfaces
Easy to create UI through Scene Builder
CSS Support – CSS Styling can be applied to elements(just like Web!)
Embraces MVC Design Pattern
Fast!

17. Ingredient 4 – JavaFX GUI
Steps to create a JavaFX Application in IntelliJ (
Create a JavaFX Application in IntelliJ
Update FXML using Scene Builder(
Add code to Controller class

18. Open Source version coming soon…

19. Questions ?